This Week in Women's Sports

Mar 3, 2015

Wednesday March 03, 1976

Fed up with being pushed into "second place" behind men's crew, Chris Ernst and 19 of her rowing teammates silently marched into Yale's athletic office to fight for their Title IX rights. The women took off their shirts to reveal breasts and backs emblazoned with two words: Title IX. Ernst then read a simple, powerful statement: "These are the bodies Yale is exploiting." Their story appeared in the New York Times and set off an international reaction.